Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Critical thinking -- Critical reading : getting started -- Critical reading : getting deeper into arguments -- Critical writing : writing an analysis of an argument -- Critical writing : developing an argument of one's own -- Critical writing : using sources -- Pro and con : nine debates. Abortion : whose right to life is it anyway? ; Affirmative action : is it fair? ; Animal rights : is a human-centered ethics just another prejudice? ; Bilingual education : is it the right approach? ; Evolutionary theory : does Darwinism refute creationism? ; Gun control : would it really help? ; Hiroshima : was the bombing immoral? ; Prayer in school : is it permissible? ; Sex education : should condoms be distributed in schools? -- AIDS : what is to be done? -- The death penalty : can it ever be justified? -- Drugs : should their sale and use be legalized? -- The environment : national resource or raw material? -- Euthanasia : should doctors intervene at the end of life? -- Immigration : how wide should we open the gates? -- Multiculturalism : what is it, and is it good or bad? -- Sexual harassment : is there any doubt about what it is? -- Television violence : are regulations necessary? -- What is the ideal society? -- Are we bound to obey the state? -- What are the bounds of free speech? -- What are the grounds of religious faith? -- A literary critic's view : arguing about literature -- A philosopher's view : the Toulmin model -- A logician's view : deduction, induction, fallacies -- A humorist's view -- A psychologist's view : Rogerian argument

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